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If there’s one thing that’s true in HR, it’s that today’s HR leader right for a company may not be right for the same company 3 years from now. Things change. New leaders come in, new strategies are developed and deployed. And if you’re really lucky, your company experiences exponential growth that causes you to need a different type of …

This didn’t get kicked up in the HR blogosphere too much and I was surprised, but it was released during the holidays and, let’s face it, we really don’t care about social equality if it effects our time off. Twitter recently named its new Diversity Chief, and it’s a white guy! That isn’t sitting well with folks who are really into …

A little over a year ago, Andy Headworth of Sirona Consulting, asked me if I’d contribute a section to his newest recruiting book, Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy. I’ve “known” Andy for going on 7 years, he was one of my first Tweeps across the pond and someone I found to be excellent …

Hello and welcome to another great week with FOT. Kick your Monday off right with these five must-reads: 1. Why Hire An MBA When You Can Rent One? A growing number of companies are using freelance MBAs to access the same brain power they might find at a top-tier consulting firm. 2. LinkedIn Unleashes A Trio Of Apps To Connect The Modern …

Hello and welcome back to another great week with your favorite bloggers, kick it off right with these five must reads: 1. Twitter Doles Out Stock Grants To Keep Top Talent. Twitter has handed out stock grants to a number of key employees over the past two weeks. 2. Muslim Group Asks Walmart To Re-Hire Manager Fired Over Facebook Posting. A national Muslim …

Editor’s Note: This is William’s first post on FOT since announcing his social sabbatical this past May. Nothing AND everything. I’ve been away from social media since early June. Not that any of you missed me or anything. Just kidding. And, by away I specifically mean NOT producing content for social outlets. The lessons of my sabbatical are longer (and more …

From June 1st, 2013 to September 1st, 2013 I (William Tincup) will NOT be active on any social networks. No Twitter, No Facebook, No LinkedIn, No Google+, No Instagram, No Foursquare, none of them. I’m deleting those applications from my phone AND I will not login to the web versions of any of those networks for the summer. I won’t …

The single biggest threat to HR pros ever being strategic is lousy time management skills. Declarative sentence over… allow me to build the case. Noise in holding us back. The effing noise in particular. Real strategic thinking and/or doing takes time. Time is a commodity and most HR folks don’t have. Noise management is a personal pursuit… meaning, what works …

where to get a loan with bad credit lag•gard /ˈlagərd/ Noun A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others: “I have no time for laggards”. Adjective Slower than desired or expected. Synonyms noun. lagger – slowcoach adjective. sluggish – lagger – slow – tardy Turns out, you are either a laggard or you are not. That's life in the …

The XXX Olympics (I snicker every time I type that. Should I use the number 30 instead?) has been running for the last week and there have been some high points and low points. The NBC coverage – both real-time and prime-time has been difficult to manage and some of the connectorati have voiced their outrage at how crappy some …